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PROJECT PHASES
Students prepare a table KWL (KNOW WANT LEARN): do I know?, What do I want to know? What have I learned? The journey begins as a serious game of science.Analyzing data, students formulate responses so they can go to the next step click on an object (bottle, box, turtle, drop).Each step is divided into phases based on the 5E:
ENGAGE : is on the initial question that must arise from a discussion and issues close to the students. EXPLORE : students explore through different experiments the possible answers.ELABORATE: they elaborate a process through what they have just learned in new situations.EXPLAIN : they explain the observed phenomena.EVALUATE: this phase allows the students to be self assessed and evaluated in order to proceed with the path across the island.
The ISLAND created specifically for that location, is a Open Sim (http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page) of INDIRE within the project on teaching in Virtual Worlds called Edmondo (http://www.secondlearning.it/), that is an experimental project of Indire (Italian Education and Research Institute), an IMMERSIVE 3D ENVIRONMENT entirely dedicated to the innovation of teaching. The access to Edmondo is reserved to teachers of all levels and to their students.Edmondo is already active within a community of teachers who are experiencing the potential of teaching in the classroom.
This path is for students aged between 13 and 15, so it can be useful from the second year of junior high school to high school.
FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS We planned to develop a similar path with similar cross-cutting issues in biology, earth
science, chemistry and physics.
Start of gameStart of game
FontainFontain
CofferCofferMap of the islandMap of the island WellWell
METHODOLOGY
The project rises from the application of the methodology Inquiry Based Science Education starting from a serius game in a 3D virtual environment. A 3D VIRTUAL ISLAND dedicated to science was created and called Science Island. Students in a role-playing game (serious game) must pass 10 ability and expertise steps/tests, solving various questions placed on their path.
The theme chosen for the task is "Water and Life", observed from a physical-chemical, biological and geological point of view. The level of inquiry chosen is the structured level in which students put themselves in the scientists’ shoes and so students acquire scientific skills such as:1.Characterize scientific matters2.Give a scientific explanation of the phenomena.3.Using evidence based on scientific data
House on beachHouse on beach
Submerged House Submerged House
MovieMovie
GlacierGlacier
ExperimentsExperiments
CoveCove
Why do puddles appear after rain,Why do puddles appear after rain, but why they don’t if oil or gasoline are onbut why they don’t if oil or gasoline are on
the road? Why are raindrops rounded? the road? Why are raindrops rounded? Does water always take a round shape? Does water always take a round shape?
Do other liquids form drops too?Do other liquids form drops too? What do you observe when liquids pass What do you observe when liquids pass
through small tubes?through small tubes?
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Does water also affectDoes water also affect the shape of Earth,the shape of Earth, mountains and caves?mountains and caves? What phenomena isWhat phenomena is this property this property connected toconnected to??
How can fish swim? Why do How can fish swim? Why do the bodies float? What arethe bodies float? What are
the differences between the seathe differences between the sea and a lake? Why do someand a lake? Why do some
objects float and others don’t?objects float and others don’t?
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